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A Week of Endless Bloodbath

Reports that no fewer than 52 persons were killed by terrorists in the Dumba community of Baga town in Borno State and Tatara village in Nasarawa State in the last one week have made it imperative to ask: What is human life worth in Nigeria?
The Dumba incident took place on a day another group of terrorists attacked Bazir village in Chibok and killed two brothers, razed a church and residential houses after looting livestock and foodstuffs.
In Nasarawa, at least 10 persons were killed, also on late Sunday, by a group of terrorists who attacked Tatara village in Panda development area of the state.
When the three killing incidents are added to the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) airstrikes that killed 20 persons in error Zamfara State, it means that from reports, 72 people died last week alone for no fault of theirs but because the government whose responsibility it is to protect them failed.
The question is: Has life become so worthless in Nigeria that no premium is placed on it any longer?
It is trite to state for emphasis that the primary function of government is to protect life and property.
The failure of the government to live up to this expectation is largely believed to have exacerbated the increasing contempt for life, the result of which is the gory reports about killings.
Ours has become a society where security forces are more interested in dealing with harmless and unarmed citizens who fell out of favour with the powers that be than in tracking down leaders of terrorists and other agents of insecurity.
It is common to see an arm of security and intelligence agencies which have never made attempts to arrest the leaders of terrorists in the North-west invading the homes of unarmed civilians and other soft targets for exercising their freedom of expression.
While these unarmed innocent civilians are slammed with terrorism charges, the real war equipment-wielding terrorists are controlling ungoverned spaces and collecting taxes in the country unchallenged by the security forces.
Nigerians are being killed in all parts of the world because the perpetrators know that life is worthless in their home country.
The time for the government to prioritise protection of lives over the noise about searching for investments is now.